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..and the mooncats

By aarkipel

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall84.31
Fun224.05
Theme184.44
Graphics104.53
Mood104.34
Coolness277
Innovation364.08
Audio513.87
Humor2872.79

Comments

miznoruri 2015-12-14 12:47

Excellent work! Best game so far! I enjoy very much!

kiiro94 2015-12-14 13:47

Nice, i like the use of the two buttons

pavel_insight 2015-12-14 13:49

Oh, I love this retro-graphics!

tijmentio 2015-12-14 14:22

Yooo, this game is sweet af, the controls are so clever! Some sick level design with really cool jumps. It's basically a hard platformer, but really slow-paced, so you don't have to react as fast, which is nice. The only thing I really struggled with was figuring out the spider jumps. Audio was really suiting too, though the death sound is kinda cringing :p Should probably mention the boss fight too, since it suddendly made the controls a lot more interesting (more left/right)
cool game

aamatniekss 2015-12-14 15:29

Nice! One of my favourite entries so far! Really clever use of the 2 button controls! The art and music was also fantastic. overall very polished game!

insertnamehere 2015-12-14 15:41

Favorite game I have plaed yet! Awesome!

paraxite 2015-12-14 15:46

Amazing. So much control with so few buttons...

timsjostrand 2015-12-14 15:50

Loved the mechanic, it plays like a regular platformer with only two buttons. Great work! The mood and level design is a lovely bonus. Would play more!

realbogart 2015-12-14 15:51

Wow! Best game so far

holyblackcat 2015-12-14 16:17

Great!

alexiseshford 2015-12-14 16:47

Wow, one of the fav games on this LD!

Really great work, 10/10 overall!

ithildin 2015-12-14 17:01

Brilliant take on the theme. The control scheme is unusual but it works beautifully. You nailed the game mechanics, it totally feels like an old school game. Graphics and sound also contribute a lot and they shape an eerie mood.

Congratulations!

rob 2015-12-14 17:01

You're asking for money for the privilege of rating your LD entry which, although you can bypass it, I don't want to encourage. But, this is a fantastic entry which really deserves to be seen so I don't want to give you a bad rating either.

The mechanics are really well implemented, just totally solid. Love the Castlevania feel to the jumps, works better than standard abuse-a-physics-engine fare.

Audio & art are simple but super effective. Can't fault it. Great entry.

jaytlebee 2015-12-14 17:04

That mooncat looks like the most fabulous thing in existance

peyj 2015-12-14 17:17

great game. very good execution of the theme. I think there is actually a lot to learn from a game design perspective, for example, how having a button mean very different things depending on context can frustrate the player :D

ditto 2015-12-14 19:06

Huh, that was cool, surprised at how well it controls! Well done! :D

anarbitrarymustache 2015-12-14 19:34

Great look and feel. It's a little shameful how long it took me to get past the menu. Cleaver control scheme though. Another ingenious way to use the two-button rule for a platformer. I keep watching your animated GIF above and wonder why I too couldn't "ground pound" with that kind of skill. I couldn't get past the long pit with the two spiders, but loved every minute of trying.

morseamalgam 2015-12-14 19:51

Really solid game. The graphics have a simple, polished look and the music has an almost menacing feeling.

tomboogaart 2015-12-14 22:27

i really like this. Clever controls + good colour palette + nice audio. Funny dancing skeleton enemies!

fluidvolt 2015-12-16 10:49

Yooo. This was mesmerizing. Unique. One of my favorite things in old videogames is the prevalence of black -- like the game takes place in a void. This unsettled me as a kid, but love it now and your game really revels in it. I love it. Great ambient squelchy synth music and stark graphics make a great pair. Even a boss battle at the end -- so complete.

Ground pound mechanic was fun as hell. A big grin crawled across my face after jumping on top of spiders across a large gap. Great job on this. One of my favorites this LD.

fragileannihilator 2015-12-17 23:42

Cool controls and nice mood. I couldn't fidure out what to do with the spiders

saintheiser 2015-12-18 20:13

Wow! The best LD32 game for me so far =)
Really love the game mechanics! It's challanging. Level design is well-made to explore your abilities. Boss is good. Only one worst thing in this game that this too short XD
Excellent work, dude!

imagossoftworks 2015-12-23 00:03

Amazing. The controls feel right at home even when limited to two buttons. The graphics were awesome and were supported by the great ambiance. The only thing I felt like it was missing was boss music...

scorched 2015-12-26 17:33

Enjoyed the game, but got frustrated by the 3rd level (on the gif). What is the main hero? :-)

rob 2015-12-27 16:14

Just realized what the main character reminds me of: these things from Codex Seraphinianus

http://grapefruitopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/leopards.jpg?4971bf

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-28 14:17

Neat graphics, love the way you used two buttons. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/XwDbETpIdpU